May 7 update: Police arrested 32-year-old Maurice Turentine Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of James Clark, 31, and Darrell Miller II, 30, in April. Turentine was arrested in Mooresville on two counts of murder. He was later transported to the Arrestee Processing Center.

Earlier: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police are investigating after two people were fatally shot Thursday in a southeast side house where neighbors whisked a small child away from the ugly scene.

The Marion County coroner's office identified the two men fatally shot on the southeast side Thursday as James Clark, 31, and Darrell Miller II, 30.

Officers were called to a home in the 1600 block of Villa Avenue just after 10:20 p.m. on reports of a person shot, according to police.

Inside the home, they found two men with multiple gunshot wounds, according to IMPD Maj. Richard Riddle. Medics pronounced the men dead at the scene.

Investigators are still working to determine the cause of the shooting, Riddle said, they but are learning more from witnesses at the scene. Police believe there were several people at the home visiting and the situation turned violent.

A neighbor who asked to be identified only by his first name, Tyler, said he and a friend were sitting on his porch one street over when they heard the gunshots. As they were walking down the alley to see what happened, they encountered a young child and a woman running from the home. The woman was screaming.

"She said there's two guys shot," he said. "So we ran up in there and there's a guy by the front door and we seen a guy in the back, and she said he can't breathe either."

The men were unresponsive. Tyler said he called police.

"I had the kid in my hand, so I tried to get outside to hold the kid," he said. "We were just tried to keep the kid occupied, you know, asking him where's his mom at, what's his name, when's he going to go to school, stuff like that. ... You had to climb over the guy to get outside, so I didn't want him to see that, you know."

Police believe the child, who is 4 years old, was present at the time of the shooting. This is the third week in a row in which a young child has been in the presence of deadly violence in Indianapolis.

On April 3, two young children were home when a man fired into their northeast-side apartment, killing their mother and critically injuring their father. On April 13, four toddlers were in an east-side hotel room when a man was fatally shot during an argument. None of the children have been injured, but Riddle said it's a concerning trend.

"Adult choices and adult decisions sometimes have adult consequences, and those children are innocent victims," Riddle said. "And to have them subjected to this type of violence and having to witness that is very concerning."

This year's homicide rate also appears to be on pace with last year's, which Riddle said is "frustrating." The city experienced back-to-back years of record-setting violence, as 2016's 149 recorded criminal homicides topped 2015's previous record of 144.

Riddle said there have been several instances in which residents or witnesses have stepped up and provided police with information to help solve murders and shootings, but he said he'd like to see that cooperation continue to grow.

"We would like to get in front of that and have people come forward when they know of narcotics dealing in their neighborhoods, when they know of potential arguments that are occurring or if they hear people conspiring to commit crime and conspiring to rob, or if they hear somebody make a direct threat on another person's life, to come forward and bring that information to us, so hopefully we can intervene," Riddle said.

"The last thing we want to see is a return of what we saw last year."

Homicide numbers this year are on pace with last year, the city's deadliest. Police ask the community to speak up if they have information. pic.twitter.com/DbHBRHZSyx